Book 718: The English Qabbala

Y: The Art of Gematria, Notariqon, and Temura

Value	English	Hebrew	Greek
1	A a	(A)
2	B b	(B)
3	G g	(G)
4	D d	(D)
5	H h	(H)
6	U u	(V)
7	I i	(Z)
8	E e	(Ch)
9	T t	(T)
10	F f	(Y)
20	K k	(K)
30	L l	(L)
40	M m	(M)
50	N n	(N)
60	S s	(S)
70	O o	(O)
80	P p	(P)
90	J j	(Tz)
100	Q q	(Q)
200	R r	(R)
300	C c	(Sh)
400	V v	(T soft)
500	W w	(K final)
600	X x	(M final)
700	Y y	(N final)
800	È è	(P final)
900	Z z	(Tz final)

The literal Qabbala includes the study of Gematria, Notariqon, and Temura, as well as the Comment. I shall quote from Samuel Liddell Mathers’ The Kaballah Unveiled for a definition of the first three:
The literal Qabalah . . . is divided into three parts: GMTRIA, Gematria, NVTRIQVN, Notariqon, and ThMVRH, Temura.
Gematria is a metathesis of the Greek word . It is based on the relative numerical values of words, as I have before remarked. Words of similar numerical values are considered to be explanatory of each other, and this theory is also extended to phrases. . . .
Notariqon is derived from the Latin word notarius, a short-hand writer. Of Notariqon there are two forms. In the first every letter of a word is taken for the initial or abbreviation of another word, so that from the letters of a word a sentence may be formed. . . .
The second form of Notariqon is that exact reverse of the first. By this the initials or finals, or both or the medials, of a sentence, are taken to form a word or words. . . .
Temura is permutation. According to certain rules, one letter is substituted for another letter preceding or following it in the alphabet, and thus from one word another word of totally different orthography may be formed. Thus the alphabet is bent exactly in half, in the middle, and one half is put over the other; and then by changing alternately the first letter or the first two letters at the beginning of the second line, twenty two commutations are produced. These are called the “Table of the Combinations of TzIRVP,” Tziruph. For example’s sake, I will give the method called ALBTh, Albath. thus:—
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
K I T Ch Z V H D G B A
M N S O P Tz Q R Sh Th L
Each method takes its name from the two pairs composing it, the system of pairs of letters being the groundwork of the whole, as either letter in a pair is substituted for the other letter. Thus, by Albath, from RVCh, Ruach, is formed DTzO, Detzau. The names of the other twenty-one methods are: [AMBL], ABG[L], A[GBN], ADBG, AHBD, AVBH, AZBV, AChBZ, ATBCh, AIBT, AKBI, A[M]BK, . . . ANBM, ASBN, AOBS, APBO, ATzBP, AQBTz, ARBQ, AShBR, AThB[Sh]. To these must be added the modes ABGD and ALBM. Then comes the “Rational Table of Tziruph,” another set of twenty-two combinations. There are also three “Tables of the Commutations,” known respectively as the Right, the Averse, and the Irregular. To make any of these, a square, containing 484 squares, should be made, and the letters written in. For the “Right Table” write the alphabet across from right to left; in the second row of squares do the same, but begin with B and end with A; in the third begin with G and end with B; and so on. For the “Averse Table” write the alphabet from right to left backwards, beginning with Th and ending with A; in the second row begin with Sh and end with Th, &c. The “Irregular Table” would take too long to describe. Besides all these, there is the method called ThShRQ, Thashraq, which is simply writing a word backwards. There is one more very important form, called the “Qabalah of the Nine Chambers,” or AIQ BKR, Aiq Bekar. It is thus formed:

300
Sh

30
L

3
G

200
R

20
K

2
B

100
Q

10
I

1
A

600
M final

60
S

6
V

500
K final

50
N

5
H

400
Th

40
M

4
D

900
Tz final

90
Tz

9
9

800
P final

80
P

8
Ch

700
N final

70
O

7
Z

. . .
Looking at the Hebrew Gematria, we have noted that “, Unity, 13 = , Love, 13.”³³ This notion is corrected in the Thelemic scripture, where the word of the law, , Will, 93 = , Love, 93. The word , however, does not itself appear in the Book of the Law, yet the two statements made by Nuit regarding the Law are (1) “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,” and (2) “Love is the law, love under will.”
Nuit states that “All these old letters of my Book are aright,” indicating that no exclusion of the Greek and Hebrew letters needs to be made in the English literal Qabbala.
Members of the G.D. compiled a Gematria index of Hebrew words and phrases from the Hebrew scriptures, upon which the Prophet and others expanded. The Prophet published this in The Equinox, in a book called “Sepher Sephiroth.” It is the compiling itself that is important to one’s study of the literal Qabbala, rather than the reference to someone else’s results. Single word English indices for each of the three literal Qabbalas were compiled from Books B–F and L–P. The results were then deleted, leaving certain indications and proportional space where these once were. These indices make up Books 8–6 of the English Qabbala.
Although the Prophet may have thought nothing of Notariqon or Temura, these methods are not excluded in the English literal Qabbala. In fact, if we were to judge the worth of a system by how few results it produced, Gematria might be considered the least valuable. Our Notariqon index contains less than 6,000 entries, while our Gematria index is comprised of over 7,000 words, more than 6,000 of which are equal to other words in the index. As for absurdities, an inane phrase equal in Gematria to one from the scriptures would be no less difficult to construct than an inane acronym drawn out from a word in the scriptures. It is only by looking for authentic occurrences and basing our studies in the scriptures that either method produces relative results. As for Temura, the methods of 484 squares would appear to make all words of the same length equal, and Thashraq would produce so few results that it is not worth inclusion. The twenty-two or twenty-six tables of the Combinations of Tziruph, however, are completely worthy of inclusion. As well, AIQ BKR, or “AFQ BKR” in our case, is a core and useful component of Temura. As for the resulting size of our Temura index, it will contain around 5,000 equivalencies.
For Tziruph, we will not be using variations in the alphabet; we will include only the twenty-six tables based upon the strict order of the English Alphabet. Perhaps you noticed in the example that ALBTh would have better been AThBSh. The L in such case would have been under the K, falling between K and M, where it is usually found.
I will produce here the twenty-six tables of Tziruph, as well as the Qabbala of Nine Chambers, or AFQ BKR.
AFQ BKR
A
1 B
2 G
3 D
4 H
5 U
6 I
7 E
8 T
9
F
10 K
20 L
30 M
40 N
50 S
60 O
70 P
80 J
90
Q
100 R
200 C
300 V
400 W
500 X
600 Y
700 È
800 Z
900
AZBY
A B G D H U I E T F K L M
Z Y X W V C R Q J P O S N
AYBX
(M) A B G D H U I E T F K L M
Z Y X W V C R Q J P O S N (Z)
AXBW
Z A B G D H U I E T F K L
Y X W V C R Q J P O S N M
AWBV
(L) Z A B G D H U I E T F K L
Y X W V C R Q J P O S N M (Y)
AVBC
Y Z A B G D H U I E T F K
X W V C R Q J P O S N M L
ACBR
(K) Y Z A B G D H U I E T F K
X W V C R Q J P O S N M L (X)
ARBQ
X Y Z A B G D H U I E T F
W V C R Q J P O S N M L K
AQBJ
(F) X Y Z A B G D H U I E T F
W V C R Q J P O S N M L K (W)
AJBP
W X Y Z A B G D H U I E T
V C R Q J P O S N M L K F
APBO
(T) W X Y Z A B G D H U I E T
V C R Q J P O S N M L K F (V)
AOBS
V W X Y Z A B G D H U I E
C R Q J P O S N M L K F T
ASBN
(E) V W X Y Z A B G D H U I E
C R Q J P O S N M L K F T (C)
ANBM
C V W X Y Z A B G D H U I
R Q J P O S N M L K F T E
AMBL
(I) C V W X Y Z A B G D H U I
R Q J P O S N M L K F T E (R)
ALBK
R C V W X Y Z A B G D H U
Q J P O S N M L K F T E I
AKBF
(U) R C V W X Y Z A B G D H U
Q J P O S N M L K F T E I (Q)
AFBT
Q R C V W X Y Z A B G D H
J P O S N M L K F T E I U
ATBE
(H) Q R C V W X Y Z A B G D H
J P O S N M L K F T E I U (J)
AEBI
J Q R C V W X Y Z A B G D
P O S N M L K F T E I U H
AIBU
(D) J Q R C V W X Y Z A B G D
P O S N M L K F T E I U H (P)
AUBH
P J Q R C V W X Y Z A B G
O S N M L K F T E I U H D
AHBD
(G) P J Q R C V W X Y Z A B G
O S N M L K F T E I U H D (O)
ADBG
O P J Q R C V W X Y Z A B
S N M L K F T E I U H D G
AGBS
(B) O P J Q R C V W X Y Z A B
S N M L K F T E I U H D G (S)
ABGZ
S O P J Q R C V W X Y Z A
N M L K F T E I U H D G B
ANBZ
(A) S O P J Q R C V W X Y Z A
N M L K F T E I U H D G B (N)
³³ The Equinox, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 91, “The Temple of Solomon the King. Part V.”
Contents

A 1	B 2	G 3	D 4	H 5	U 6	I 7	E 8	T 9
F 10	K 20	L 30	M 40	N 50	S 60	O 70	P 80	J 90
Q 100	R 200	C 300	V 400	W 500	X 600	Y 700	È 800	Z 900